A strong cutoff low moved over the region while cold air was already in place at the surface. Moderate to heavy snow fell over Southeast New Mexico.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
A strong cutoff low moved over the region while cold air was already in place at the surface. Moderate to heavy snow fell over Southeast New Mexico.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 3, 8:37 AM MST, 22 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 420 AM CST THU JAN 3 2013 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-041030- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY-GAINES- DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL- VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS- LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-MARFA PLATEAU- BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS- 420 AM CST THU JAN 3 2013 /320 AM MST THU JAN 3 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD NORTH TODAY ACROSS SOUTHWEST TEXAS FROM THE RIO GRANDE RIVER TO THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL PERMIAN BASIN INCLUDING MUCH OF EDDY AND LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL BY TONIGHT WILL REACH TO 8 INCHES OR MORE IN THE GUADALUPE...DAVIS AND CHISOS MOUNTAINS WITH 4 TO 6 INCHES IN THE LOWLANDS NEAR THE PECOS AND RIO GRANDE RIVERS. ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN INCLUDING SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING OR WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT LATE TONIGHT FOR SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY TRAVEL MAY REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH THE WEEKEND IN AREAS THAT RECEIVE SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW. OTHERWISE...THE PROBABILITY OF ADDITIONAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES... AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN MIDLAND CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT /LOWER CASE/ HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Five and one half inches of snow reported in Carlsbad.
Four inches of snow reported in Loving.
Four inches of snow reported in Jal.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, January 2013
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 421182, 421184, 421185.